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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I work from home a couple of days a week, and when my children were your children's ages, I had to work in the library to be able to work uninterrupted.  Our house didn't have a separate office that could completely close off, and I just could not get uninterrupted work time.  I was very productive in the library and got a lot of writing done.  The one year we lived in a place that didn't have a quiet library nearby, I actually swapped walking a dog at midday for using the people's house to work in, and it was great for both parties (their dog with separation anxiety loved having me over, and I loved having my "own space" to write in).

Does your office close off completely and is it in a separate wing or on a separate floor?  If so, then you need to explain to the children, with AP present, that they cannot come to your floor/wing at all.  If you have time, you will come to them, but they can never come to you.  If you don't have a place that closes off, then I think it's going to be a hard deal.  No matter how good the AP, it's hard for a childcare provider to compete with the possibility of seeing mommy for your children, especially if mommy isn't closed off from where they are playing.  You may want to have a candid conversation with the AP and find out if they can hear you from their playspace, in which case I think unfortuantely [b]you are going to either need to find another place to work (another room in your house or another space all together) or else your children are going to have to be gone from your house much more (think:story hour followed by library time followed by picnic, etc).  [/quote][/b]

This!  Either the children can't see you (and your office door!) and they can't hear you, or something needs to change.  It's not hard for a nanny to keep kids out of the house except for naps, but for an AP, it would be much harder.  Have you talked with the AP about activities and a schedule for the children?[/quote]

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